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The culminating event of the global search we conducted for the number 1 fan of our Client, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts from nine countries is currently being held at the home of Krispy Kreme in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Tin Sanchez, BBDO Guerrero / Proximity Philippines’ Head of Copy is currently undertaking a secondment to Proximity London, one of the world’s leading Digital & Direct Marketing Agencies. She’s been there for three weeks now, but they’ve had her working so hard, she’s only just managed to write her first postcard back home… we’re hoping Tin will be sharing more insights and observations about life in the UK advertising and marketing scene while she’s there… that’s if she can find the time…

At the recent second official Manila Pecha Kucha night (we say ‘official’ because we run our own little underground / unofficial Pecha Kucha experience regularly at the office), our esteemed Head of Art, Brandie Tan, entertained and illuminated with his presentation on ‘Designs That Changed The World’. You can catch his presentation on YouTube, embedded below:

The BBDO / Proximity Worldwide Digital Lab blog has just updated with an interview with BBDO / Proximity Worldwide’s Chairman & CEO, Andrew Robertson, discussing his recent trip to the World Economic Forum and becoming bilingual in Digital. This is the latest in a weekly installment of Digital Lab TV segments covering different aspects of digital communication that can be found on our Digital Lab Blog

On September 23, 2009, the worst Tropical Storm in living memory hit our already disaster-prone city. Almost a year’s worth of rainfall fell in a day. Over 200 died and almost 2 million were forced from their homes, or otherwise seriously affected. Quickly all of us became either directly, or indirectly caught up in it. Either through genuine altruism – or a large dose of survivor-guilt – we all started looking for ways to help.

Feeling inspired by Steve Jobs’ presentation style, Lola Techie has been taking to the stage in front of the Bayan DSL faithful to expound on the virtues of watching your favorite ABS-CBN shows whenever you want with the ‘I WanTV’ service, free with Bayan DSL subscriptions…